Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted

Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted
Category	Job openings			Hires			Total separations
Category	May 2025	Apr. 2026	May 2026(p)	May 2025	Apr. 2026	May 2026(p)	May 2025	Apr. 2026	May 2026(p)
LEVELS BY INDUSTRY (in thousands)

Total	7,310	7,585	7,594	5,328	5,215	5,170	5,288	5,038	5,101
Total private	6,517	6,792	6,794	4,988	4,888	4,811	4,922	4,715	4,777
Mining and logging	20	27	29	18	23	22	20	18	18
Construction	222	266	298	345	319	295	354	287	305
Manufacturing	401	496	529	276	288	287	284	278	277
Durable goods	273	334	354	164	168	173	164	157	151
Nondurable goods	128	162	175	112	120	114	119	122	126
Trade, transportation, and utilities	915	1,197	1,234	978	1,121	1,065	1,001	1,046	1,064
Wholesale trade	165	178	249	141	141	121	135	141	123
Retail trade	438	679	687	563	632	636	571	609	606
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	312	341	298	275	348	308	295	296	335
Information	109	82	76	78	78	80	81	83	90
Financial activities	499	405	376	221	181	174	209	201	187
Finance and insurance	401	333	264	147	121	123	134	136	127
Real estate and rental and leasing	97	72	112	74	60	51	76	65	60
Professional and business services	1,224	1,473	1,485	1,043	955	960	1,023	943	923
Private education and health services	1,761	1,658	1,539	765	737	738	714	716	750
Private educational services	147	119	114	88	92	92	93	96	94
Health care and social assistance	1,614	1,539	1,424	677	645	645	622	621	656
Leisure and hospitality	1,076	846	941	1,074	976	991	1,045	961	944
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	129	132	165	247	163	152	185	164	128
Accommodation and food services	948	714	776	827	813	839	860	797	816
Other services	290	343	289	190	211	199	192	181	218
Government	793	793	800	340	327	359	366	323	324
Federal	104	97	83	24	25	36	46	32	34
State and local	690	697	717	316	302	323	321	291	290
State and local education	257	252	250	141	140	142	156	142	146
State and local, excluding education	433	445	467	175	162	181	164	149	144



RATES BY INDUSTRY (percent)

Total	4.4	4.6	4.6	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2
Total private	4.6	4.8	4.8	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.5
Mining and logging	3.1	4.2	4.5	2.9	3.8	3.6	3.3	2.9	3.0
Construction	2.6	3.1	3.5	4.2	3.8	3.5	4.3	3.5	3.7
Manufacturing	3.1	3.8	4.0	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2
Durable goods	3.4	4.1	4.3	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.1	2.0	1.9
Nondurable goods	2.6	3.3	3.5	2.3	2.5	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	3.1	4.0	4.1	3.4	3.9	3.7	3.5	3.6	3.7
Wholesale trade	2.6	2.9	4.0	2.3	2.3	2.0	2.2	2.3	2.0
Retail trade	2.8	4.2	4.3	3.6	4.1	4.1	3.7	3.9	3.9
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	4.1	4.5	4.0	3.8	4.8	4.3	4.1	4.1	4.7
Information	3.7	2.9	2.6	2.7	2.8	2.9	2.8	3.0	3.2
Financial activities	5.1	4.2	4.0	2.4	2.0	1.9	2.3	2.2	2.1
Finance and insurance	5.6	4.8	3.8	2.2	1.8	1.8	2.0	2.0	1.9
Real estate and rental and leasing	3.8	2.8	4.4	3.0	2.5	2.1	3.1	2.7	2.5
Professional and business services	5.2	6.2	6.2	4.6	4.3	4.3	4.6	4.2	4.1
Private education and health services	6.1	5.6	5.2	2.8	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7
Private educational services	3.5	2.9	2.8	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.3
Health care and social assistance	6.5	6.1	5.6	2.9	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.7
Leisure and hospitality	6.0	4.7	5.2	6.4	5.7	5.8	6.2	5.6	5.5
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	4.6	4.7	5.8	9.2	6.0	5.6	6.9	6.1	4.7
Accommodation and food services	6.3	4.8	5.1	5.8	5.7	5.8	6.1	5.6	5.7
Other services	4.6	5.4	4.6	3.2	3.5	3.3	3.2	3.0	3.6
Government	3.3	3.3	3.3	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.6	1.4	1.4
Federal	3.4	3.5	3.0	0.8	0.9	1.3	1.6	1.2	1.3
State and local	3.2	3.3	3.3	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.4	1.4
State and local education	2.3	2.3	2.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.3
State and local, excluding education	4.2	4.3	4.5	1.8	1.6	1.8	1.7	1.5	1.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.

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Last Modified Date: June 30, 2026